HEMATOLOGY
Drugs and Blood Cells
Type Characteristic Mechanism Examples Type A Dose-dependent Chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression Predictable Type B Dose-independent Nonimmune-mediated Primaquine-induced hemolytic anemia, metformin-induced megaloblastic anemia, methotrexate-induced megaloblastic anemia, clozapine-induced neutropenia Unpredictable Immune-mediated IgG-mediated cytotoxicity (type…
Introduction
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2015Giorgio Berlot and Gabriele Pozzato (eds.)Hematologic Problems in the Critically Ill10.1007/978-88-470-5301-4_1 1. Introduction Giorgio Berlot1 and Gabriele Pozzato2 (1) Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Trieste, University Hospital, Trieste, Italy (2) Haematology, University of…
The Critically Ill Patient with Abnormal Platelet Count
Fig. 6.1 Diagnostic algorithm based on blood smear (Adapted from Stasi [3]) “True” thrombocytopenia, to a variable degree, affects all types of ICU patients in all parts of the world;…
Vascular Malformations of the Limbs: Treatment of Venous and Arteriovenous Malformations
Fig. 48.1 This patient got a diagnosis of “Klippel–Trenaunay–Weber syndrome” when she was 3. As she was told that this is an untreatable disease and because she was free of…
Vascular Malformations in the Viscera
Fig. 46.1 Characteristic venous malformations on the sole of the foot of a blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) patient. This skin manifestation on the sole of the foot is…
Upper Airway Congenital Vascular Lesions
Fig. 41.1 (a) Focal airway infantile hemangioma of the left subglottis. (i) Initial presentation (ii) and (iii) after two CO2 laser procedures. (b) Focal airway infantile hemangioma of right subglottis….
Laser Treatment in Vascular Malformations
Fig. 35.1 Therapeutic algorithm of vascular malformations. Only the simple form of port-wine stain does not need any further diagnostics. In all other cases, the visible part of the vascular…
Lymphatic Vascular Malformations of the Limbs: Treatment of Extratruncular Malformations
Fig. 49.1 (a, b) Extratruncular and truncular LM (a) depicts a typical “extratruncular” lymphatic malformation (LM) lesion presenting as a localized swelling along the right neck extended to the submandibular…
Pelvic Vascular Malformations
Fig. 47.1 3D CT demonstrating a congenital fusiform Congenital fusiform right iliac aneurysm, involving common and hypogastric artery. Asymptomatic patient Venous truncular defects are more common. Aplasia of the inferior…
